Sec. 1.469-5T(a), what is the bar for material participation after grouping a syndicate interest?

Unless you can save and raise money quickly.You can also participate in flips to build the money. 

Cost is about $500 every 2 years (license + required education).Get access to RMLS and Sentrilock lock boxes on properties, $1,200 annually (required participation fees and required membership in Realtor associations).There are a few software packages that have made my life a lot easier, these are about $500 annually combined.Until I conduct business FT for 2 years, the state requires one to be supervised.

Your only cost is gas and hotel room for 1 or 2 nights.Workshop runs from 8-5 this Saturday.This is an intro workshop into the Ron's program, so he is likely to be upselling participants on some of his more extensive courses, at least part of the time.

You can also take pictures of the property beforehand and afterwards and show others the flip you participated in.

You can then see the ones that have participated on the forums and see if they know what they are talking about.

I have been in the process with Memphis Invest and feel like they make me the most comfortable in terms of a true turn-key experience...only issue is their props are priced at a premium.For financing, I have about 25K in cash, 35K in a HELOC, and could roll my 401K into an IRA to leverage that (however I am participating in employer match, not sure of repercussions...).Would prefer not to burn my cash, however, if I use my HELOC for the down payment....I would essentially kill my monthly cash flow or make a few bucks.

Syndication are the best way for a person to participate in all of the best aspects of real estate investing without needing the knowledge or expertise.

As to getting involved on others projects, I'd suggest you come on to BP consistently and participate in the forums.

However, those of you who participate in crowd funding sites...do you count those as "doors" as well?